Isoetharine Methanesulfonate with Phenylephrine Hydrochloride and Thenyldiamine (Bronkometer) in Hypertensive and Sympathomimetic Amine-Sensitive Asthmatic Patients

¹ Clinical Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine (Allergy), Stritch School of Medicine (Loyola)
² Associate Professor, Northwestern University Medical School; Attending Physician, Chicago Wesley Memorial Hospital

Twenty-one hypertensive asthmatic patients received two inhalations of isoetharine compound in pressurized aerosol form (from a Bronkometer). Fifteen minutes later, 17 had no change or had a drop in their systolic and diastolic pressures and pulses. One had a rise in all three, two a rise in one, and the other a rise in two of the three. All patients had improved maximum expiratory flow rates after using the aerosol. One developed a few extrasystoles. Three others with hypersensitivities to sympathicoamines all used the medication without difficulty. We believe that this form of treatment is a generally safe and effective method of management of hypertensive asthmatic patients.